"It was my fault for not being a good host," Yun Jin said apologetically.

Yun Jin was genuinely blaming herself for not researching the guests' preferences beforehand.

Lin Qiu felt that his finger-flicking skill was becoming increasingly unbearable.

This is because she's not familiar enough with Wendy yet; if it were Walnut, she would have already bounced up.

"Huh? That's not what I meant." Wendy quickly waved his hand; he didn't mean to blame anyone.

Fortunately, Shen He pushed open the door and entered, interrupting everyone.

While Shen He was tidying up the tables, a customer started causing her trouble. Just as she was wondering whether to tap the customer on the head a couple of times, a gust of wind blew by.

After blowing the person down, it seemed to be guiding her somewhere.

Out of curiosity, Shen He followed along and ended up here.

"I've called everyone here, let's get down to business," Wendy immediately changed the subject.

"Junior brother?" Shen He looked at Lin Qiu calmly, but Lin Qiu seemed to understand her doubts.

"Here's what happened." Lin Qiu recounted the events to Shen He, including the story of the 'Goddess Splitting the Temple'.

After listening, Shen He nodded, "I understand."

Everyone fell silent, waiting for Shen He to continue.

Shen He remained silent, seemingly having no intention of saying anything further.

"What does Miss Shenhe think of this story?" Yun Jin finally asked.

“I really like this story,” Shen He said.

"But that little girl wasn't as brave as the one in the story."

"It probably doesn't deserve the praise in the story."

Yun Jin smiled gently, "In any case, the 'Goddess' has encouraged many people, and she deserves such praise."

Shen He remained silent; such a story was far better than her actual experience.

"Poet, I'll need your help with the rest of the writing." Seeing that Shen He didn't seem to mind, Yun Jin began to think about expanding the story of the Goddess Splitting the Temple.

Yun Jin doesn't have any ideas yet, so it might take some time.

“Okay.” Wendy readily accepted; stories, fine wine, and the wind were his favorite things.

Shen He, Wendy, and Yun Jin started chatting, while Lin Qiu became a listener.

With Shen He himself present, there was no need for him to say anything. As for music... Lin Qiu was really lacking in ability.

All he could do was spoil Old Deng's plan and give Yun Jin some inspiration.

Meanwhile, on the Seven Stars side, Ningguang was chatting with Yelan.

"Has the Emperor's Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Embryo been delivered to the Golden House?" Ningguang asked.

"It has been delivered safely, and the information has not been leaked to anyone," Ye Lan replied.

Ningguang nodded. If such a confidential transport were to be leaked, it would seem rather fake. It would be more credible if Lin Qiu himself revealed the information.

"From now on, you'll be responsible for following Lin Qiu. You must protect him well," Ningguang instructed.

Regardless of whether Lin Qiu is an emperor or not, Lin Qiu's identity and abilities deserve to be protected.

As for D'Artagnan, he returned to the Northern Bank after parting ways with Lin Qiu.

Rosalind was very dissatisfied with Dadalia. "You went out to see Lin Qiu, why didn't you take me with you?"

"Toy salesman, have you forgotten our bet?"

“I haven’t lost yet,” Datalia said dismissively.

Little did he know that he had already lost the bet from the very beginning.

Rosalind pondered to herself, although she was certain to win this bet, wouldn't she have to leave Liyue by the time Tartaglia fulfilled his promise?

This won't do; I guess I'll have to think of another way.

Everyone had their own plans, and it wasn't until a few days later, when everything was ready, that things were settled.

That day, Lin Qiu took the initiative to invite Dadalia, saying that he would take him to the place where the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body was located.

D'Artagnan, unsuspecting, readily followed Lin Qiu to the Golden House.

"Wow, this is the Golden House! So much Mora! Can I take some?" Paimon's eyes lit up.

Lin Qiu also brought Ying and Paimon. Ying now possesses the power of the three elements, making her a very good bodyguard.

If he really couldn't beat Tartaglia, he could have Yingmei back him up, which highlights his cautiousness.

“Taking money from here is illegal. If Paimon likes it, I can ask the young master to give you some,” Lin Qiu said with a smile.

"Really?" Paimon asked expectantly.

D'Artagnan ignored them, dashed to the Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Body, and reached out to grab it.

I was left empty-handed.

"Partner, how could you lie to me!" Tadalia looked at Lin Qiu with displeasure.

Where is the promised Heart of God? There's nothing here at all!

"I'm not lying to you. I said I'd take you to where the Immortal Ancestor Dharma Molt is, but if you want the Heart of God, you'll still need to defeat me." Lin Qiu shrugged.

"The language games of the Liyue people...tsk." Tartaglia clicked his tongue.

However, that last moment made Tartaglia realize that the Rock God was not dead, and he looked at Lin Qiu suspiciously.

"I see... Hmph, Liyue's Geo Archon is quite the schemer."

He mistook Lin Qiu for the Rock God, since he needed to defeat Lin Qiu to obtain the Heart of God, which was too much of a misunderstanding.

Tartaglia watched Lin Qiu warily and intently, lightning flashing around him, ready to unleash the Demon King's Armament at any moment.

Now he knew how he got injured in the Golden House in his story; it turned out he was fighting the Rock God.

He doesn't think he's a match for the Rock God, but that doesn't mean he's afraid to fight.

“Fool, he’s not the Rock God.” Rosalind stepped forward; it turned out she had been secretly following Tartaglia all along.

"Synola? You've been stalking me!" Datalia exclaimed, displeased. "You promised you wouldn't interfere in my affairs!"

"I have no intention of interfering; I just want to get to know this 'prophet'."

Rosalyn stared at Lin Qiu; it was this guy who made her take the blame for so many things.

What were originally untold stories have been turned into common knowledge by him.

"Qiu Cheng, I've finally met you." Rosalin said, as a cold wind began to sweep across the entire area.

As the biting cold wind blew toward Lin Qiu, a gust of fierce wind rose up and blocked the wind in front of Lin Qiu.

Yingmei held the Dawn Sword in her right hand and shielded Lin Qiu behind her with her left.

"Hmph, a renowned prophet like him needs the protection of a traveler?" Rosalyn scoffed.

Lin Qiu didn't care about Rosalin's sarcasm at all. I want travelers to protect me, so what?

If you're so tough, why don't you beat Ying down right now and then come and beat me up?

Ye Lan had already drawn her bow and arrow in the shadows; if Rosalin were to actually attack Lin Qiu, the arrow would be released.

Chapter 102 Battle against Datalia

Lin Qiu thought to himself, "Luckily, I took Yingmei to open Fontaine beforehand. Yingmei is now capable of defeating Rosalin."

"Synola!" D'Artagnan exclaimed, slightly annoyed. She had promised not to interfere!

Rosalyn simply replied calmly, "What's the rush? I won't attack Qiu Cheng. I'll deal with this traveler, that's fine."

As she spoke, Rosalind's ice arrow flew towards the firefly.

With a wave of her hand, Yingmei sent a rock spike crashing into an ice arrow, shattering both elemental creations simultaneously.

"Oh? That's interesting." Rosalind found that this traveler was even more capable than described in the book.

Seeing that Rosalin's target was herself, Yingmei moved away from Lin Qiu to prevent him from being caught in the attack.

“I’ll fly her kite; you’re in charge of Tadalia.”

As Ying spoke, she moved around while continuously attacking Rosalin with water guns, leaving Rosalin no time to pay attention to anything else.

Seeing that the two of them had already started fighting, D'Artagnan couldn't resist joining in and looked at Lin Qiu with a fighting spirit.

"Honestly, buddy, if you were the Geo Archon, I'd probably be even more excited!"

"But it doesn't matter, a battle with a prophet will definitely be interesting."

Knowing that Lin Qiu was not the Rock King Emperor, Dadalia did not immediately use the Demon King Armor.

He planned to conserve his energy to test Lin Qiu's strength and fighting style.

D'Artagnan took out his bow and arrows, and fired three water arrows quickly.

The water arrows flew much faster than in the game, but luckily Lin Qiu was prepared.

The familiar water dragon coil hovered in front of Lin Qiu, blocking the three attacks.

As a result, taking advantage of the moment when the water dragon blocked Lin Qiu's vision, Daddariya rippled the water beneath his feet, darted past Lin Qiu, and came to Lin Qiu's side and behind him.

D'Artagnan, having bypassed the water dragon and closed the distance, aimed his longbow at Lin Qiu.

A single arrow can stop the flood!

A swift water arrow shot straight at the back of Lin Qiu's head. At this angle, the attack was so rapid that Lin Qiu clearly had no time to dodge.

Water splashed everywhere, and as the splashes subsided, a water dragon stared intently at Dadalia.

Lin Qiu indeed didn't have time to dodge, but his elemental mastery wasn't for nothing. If I can't dodge, my dragon can help me.

"As expected of a prophet, you foresaw this move too?" Dadalia exclaimed in amazement.

I was able to block such a rapid attack; it seems my opponent knows my fighting style very well.

Lin Qiu couldn't help but sigh, realizing that he was indeed not as good at combat intelligence as Tartaglia, and that he had too many weaknesses in his defense. Fortunately, his stats were high.

"Just a slight edge in skill," Lin Qiu said.

D'Artagnan wanted to say something more, but Paimon's cheers interrupted his train of thought.

Paimon peeked out from among the Mora pile, observing the two battlefields while constantly shouting encouragement.

“Sigh, what a noisy little fellow.” D'Artagnan glanced at Paimon.

“Let’s continue.” After saying this, D’Artagnan began to gather elemental power in his hands.

Seeing the massive amount of elemental power that Tartaglia could condense, Lin Qiu understood that he was going to use the whale.

"Be careful not to damage this place; it won't be cheap to repair," Lin Qiu warned.

"Don't worry, the Northern Bank will compensate us." After saying this, D'Artagnan had already charged up his attack.

A massive water elemental whale leaped out of the 'water'; regardless of the attack's power, the scene was spectacular enough.

Little Paimon immediately shrank his head and hid.

The commotion was so loud that even Rosalyn and Ying stopped what they were doing and looked over.

Ying wanted to help, but Rosalyn got entangled with her.

The two of them fought fiercely, surrounded by frozen ice spikes and rock pillars.

At this moment, the Dawn Sword, imbued with water elemental power, was tightly bound by Rosalind's whip, freezing the sword and whip together.

"It's good that you'll compensate me." Lin Qiu waved two fingers, and the water dragon rapidly expanded, reaching the size of a whale.

The water dragon entangled the whale, collided head-on with it to stop its momentum, and then slammed the whale hard to the ground.

The earth cracked, the whale transformed into water element and disappeared without a trace, and the water dragon returned to its original size.

"See, I told you to be careful, you'd break it." Lin Qiu shrugged.

"..." D'Artagnan was speechless. It was clearly you who was causing the damage. Shouldn't you be the one to pay compensation in the end?

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